Cyrus Cylinder US Tour 2013 Cyrus Cylinder US Tour 2013

Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Venues/Dates

Bloomberg: Cyrus Cylinder Stars in DC

April 11, 2013 by IHF America

By Lance Esplund, U.S. art critic for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News:

We are familiar with the inflammatory, controversial nature of works of art — from Manet’s “Olympia” to Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” — but we rarely encounter a political artifact as diplomatic as this one.

Read the article: Erotic Tentacles, Cyrus Cylinder Star in D.C.: Review

Press

Post navigation

← Economist: Why is the Cyrus Cylinder important?
The Cyrus Cylinder, Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights →

Cyrus Cylinder is here!

Through a partnership between IHF America, the British Museum, and the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery, the Cyrus Cylinder is now touring the United States for the first time: Washington DC to Houston, NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. See dates and venues.

Recent Posts

  • The Completion of the Cyrus Cylinder Tour of the U.S.
  • Dr John Curtis Appointed CEO of Iran Heritage Foundation and IHF America
  • LA Weekly: What the Cyrus Cylinder at the Getty Villa Means to L.A.’s Iranian Community
  • Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore – International Conference at UCLA
  • Final Stop of the Tour: Cyrus Cylinder now in Los Angeles

Categories

  • Announcements
  • General
  • Press

Contact

For press inquiries and museum relations please contact:

Hannah Boulton
The British Museum
+44 207 323 8522
hboulton(@)britishmuseum.org

For questions and/or contributions around the tour, public programming,
community efforts, and supporting the project please contact:

Nasser Manesh
General Manager
IHF America

About

The Cyrus Cylinder touring exhibition (2013, United States) is organized by the British Museum in partnership with IHF America and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

IHF America is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to promote and preserve the Persian culture, history, languages, and art. IHF America is the principal sponsor and underwriter of the tour. The tour will be hosted by five major museums across the country, and will take place during March-December of 2013. Find out more about the tour.

IHF America

Cyrus Cylinder images, images of the objects from the British Museum, and the British Museum press release are © Trustees of the British Museum, and are used with permission. All other content is © IHF America, and can be used with permission and attribution. IHF America is a 501(C)(3) US registered public charity.